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Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business
If you've been stuck using bare bones, web-based tools, you'll appreciate the full featured collaboration in MS Office 365. Check out this live webcast to learn more about Microsoft Office 365,...
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Census for open-source apps kicks off
Project expects to offer the first detailed look at how businesses are using open-source software and how widespread it's become.(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)
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Census of Marine Life reveals hidden life in oceans (photos)
The most massive undertaking of its kind, a 10-year project to understand the ocean ecosystem is complete.
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Brazil goes all-digital with 2010 census
Better known for its beaches and passion for soccer, Brazil also happens to be the world's second-leading open source country (just behind the U.S.) and boasts an IT services sector that rivals...
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Census tech: When punch cards reigned
Paper punch cards enjoyed a remarkably long tenure at the U.S. Census Bureau, from the 1890s through the 1960s. Hollerith's "statistical pianos," developed for the 1890 census, led to the creation...
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U.S. Census - are you going to participate?
The U.S. government sent out the 2010 Census this past week. The Census is an important tool which helps determine several issues such as electoral lines, population patterns and other significant...
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Open source census says, free as in beer
If the results hold up, however, it paints a picture of the open source user community which is mostly take, with little give. Maybe you can change that
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What your own open source census can get you
Open source does not do its best work in the dark corners, but in the light of day. That's where you'll realize the value, when your own people can share knowledge, and you get to share with the...
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Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?
The Open Source Census, a collaborative project endeavoring to quantify the use of open-source software in enterprises, got a new sponsor on June 16. Microsoft.
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Census for open-source apps kicks off
Project expects to offer the first detailed look at how businesses are using open-source software and how widespread it's become.(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)
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UPDATE: $3 billion Census Bureau IT failure
The Census Bureau's $600 million custom-handheld initiative has finally been scrapped. The upshot: the 2010 census will now cost $3 billion more than planned. Guess those pesky handheld computers...
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US Census: The future is paper
So it's not just elections. Seems that paper is the way to go for the national Census, as well. A $600 million contract to Harris Corp. to design and create handheld computers for the census...
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The Linux Census: No one entity owns the kernel
The Linux Foundation on Tuesday released a report on Linux kernel development that is essentially a census of the open source operation. While much has been made about Novell's doubling of...
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News to know: Windows 7; FCC; Census IT; HDMI; MacBook mystery; Fave Windows programs
Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs Gallery (right) Mary Jo Foley: Why Windows 7 might go to pieces Michael Krigsman: Billion-dollar IT...
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Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau faces cost overruns up to $2 billion on an IT initiative replacing paper-based data collection methods with specialized handheld devices for the upcoming 2010 census. The...
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House moves to pass broadband census bill
A House subcommittee passed a bill Wednesday to identify broadband penetration in the US and how it's being used, Ars Technica reports. The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the...
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Census Bureau posted personal info of 63,000 people
This may come as surprise to no one but the Census Bureau inadvertently posted on a public Web site the Social Security numbers of 63,000 people who received financial aid, census officials...
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Census employees inadvertantly post citizen data
Testing new software, employees mixed real and fictional data.
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Census Bureau PDAs with citizen info were stolen
ustin-area residents were recently informed via letter that hand-held information collection devices that were used to store personal information had been stolen.
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